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Move Michigan forward: Elect Bill Schuette
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Move Michigan forward: Elect Bill Schuette

In less than two weeks, Michigan faces an important decision. The state can either continue to move forward and grow, or it can fall back on the failed policies of the past —policies that will hinder the state’s growth and slash opportunity for its citizens. Bill Schuette will take Michigan in the right direction, Gretchen...

Pope Francis and the saints next door
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Pope Francis and the saints next door

“The more power one has, the more one must be willing to serve,” Pope Francis says early on in “God Is Young,” a book-length interview published in Italian this past March. The English version of the interview only became available on Oct. 2, in conjunction with the Catholic bishops’ “Synod on Young People.” Francis agreed...

‘A Simple Favor’, not simple enough
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‘A Simple Favor’, not simple enough

While at first glance “A Simple Favor” appears to be in the same vein as a “Gone Girl” mystery, it takes an unexpected turn, as director Paul Feig attempts a neo-noir film, thriller, and comedy all at once. After the film’s release on Sept. 14, “The New Republic” rightly labeled it “a mash-up of ‘Mean...

Michigan autumn offers beauty and abundant feasts
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Michigan autumn offers beauty and abundant feasts

For the past three years, I have cultivated the tradition of staying on campus for fall break, taking advantage of the quiet to catch up on reading and get ahead on papers. I love the way the school drains of students, and the places that usually bustle with hump-back-packed bodies assume a strange stillness. In...

Unregistered committee sends mailers in support of vote for Jennings
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Unregistered committee sends mailers in support of vote for Jennings

Postcards encouraging people to “Vote for Peter Jennings” were sent to Ward 1 residents last week. These mailers were delivered despite Hillsdale City Council’s decision in a special meeting on Aug. 1 that Peter Jennings, Ward 1 resident and assistant professor of management at Hillsdale College, is ineligible for office due to durational residency restrictions....